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But the government says the Mai Mai are terrorizing people in remote parts of mineral-rich Katanga Province.
NPR: Rogue Militia Terrorizes Southeast Congo
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Similar scenes have unfolded throughout Katanga province as people flee the military offensive against the Mai Mai.
NPR: Military Offensive Displaces Congo Civilians
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And the Congolese army recently launched an offensive to drive militias from the Katanga province in the country's southeast.
NPR: Military Offensive Displaces Congo Civilians
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Fighters entered the city, in the mineral-rich Katanga province, and opened fire on Congolese army and police killing four, officials said.
BBC: DR Congo forces clash with militia in Lubumbashi
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Club president and sponsor Moise Katumbi, the governor of Katanga province, had made it clear that he would be happy for Mputu to leave if the team became African champions.
BBC: Mputu ready for move to Europe
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The foundation is also involved in a major project that will see the construction of an ecological school for 100 children in the Katanga province in the south of the DRC, the area where Coursaris was born and spent her early childhood.
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Fighting between the M23 and the army has displaced close to a million people in North Kivu province and more than 300, 000 in the southeastern province of Katanga, according to the United Nations.
CNN: African leaders sign Congo peace deal
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Yet Katanga has enjoyed relative peace in recent years, in large part thanks to the province's popular governor Moise Katumbi, a billionaire Roman Abramovich-esque character who has regulated the region's previously chaotic natural mineral extraction and bankrolled TP Mazembe in the process.
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